Data specific to Tulips (Edit)
Division: Div. 2: Double Early
Year Registered: 1890
Spring Bloom Season: Early
Special Classifications: Double-flowered
Historic

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 10 - 12 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Takes about 6 years from seed to flower.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Bulbs
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Parentage: Sport of: Murillo
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Double Early Tulip
  • Tulip
  • Peony-flowered Tulip

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Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2023-04-22
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-05-12
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Date: 2012-04-10
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-05-12
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2006-04-05
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An amazing tulip by sandnsea2 Oct 8, 2013 7:40 PM 6

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